FDA bird flu testing efforts disrupted by RFK Jr.'s layoffs, officials say
Multiple FDA labs were cut amid Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s layoffs this week.
RFK Jr. says 20% of health agency layoffs could be mistakes
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the CDC's lead poisoning program will be reinstated.
RFK Jr. Is Out for Revenge
The health secretary’s indiscriminate layoffs will undermine his own priorities.
RFK Jr. announces HHS reinstating some programs, employees cut by mistake
On the heels of terminating 10,000 jobs from the HHS, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told ABC News some programs would soon be reinstated because they were mistakenly cut.
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Amid FDA tumult, agency misses decision deadline on Novavax's COVID shot
Amid a period of great upheaval at the agency, the FDA has missed its deadline to decide on approval for Novavax’s COVID-19 ...
F.D.A. Layoffs Could Raise Drug Costs and Erode Food Safety
Trump cutbacks were supposedly aimed at administrators. But scientists in food and drug-testing labs and policy experts who advance generic drug approvals were also dismissed.
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Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a pharma tariff exception, FDA inspection cutbacks, and more
The Trump administration carved out an exception for pharmaceuticals from the president's new tariff regime, at least for now ...
'I got DOGE’d': FDA employee speaks out after being laid off via 5:00 AM email in revealing LinkedIn post
Alex Saint, a former FDA health communications specialist, was abruptly laid off amid the Department of Health and Human ...
What RFK Jr’s Mass Layoffs Mean For The Health Industry And Black Medical Professionals
After thousands of HHS employees had their jobs were being eliminated, healthcare leaders are concerned about the future of ...
Cantor analysts double down on Kennedy criticism as FDA jobs cuts begin
Cantor Fitzgerald analysts renewed their criticism of U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday, saying the ...
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Comment: Drug companies need to speak up about RFK Jr.’s FDA
Over the last two months, the pharmaceutical industry has remained on the sidelines as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency ...